SHEĀ ,Ā Ā RADIANT EVEN IN DARKNESSĀ ,Ā Ā Ā andĀ oĀ āĀ how the stark walls threaten to suffocateĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (Ā Ā what are youĀ ,Ā Ā if not wildĀ Ā &Ā Ā freeĀ ?Ā Ā a caged bird with wings beating against the gilded barsĀ ,Ā Ā a savage thing begging to go homeĀ Ā )Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā a stormĀ Ā /Ā Ā a hurricaneĀ Ā /Ā Ā the force of the ocean trapped inside a boxĀ Ā &Ā Ā leftĀ ----Ā Ā an effigy to be forgotten as time mulls over itselfĀ .Ā Ā she is quietĀ ,Ā Ā like the moonĀ ,Ā Ā a silvery glow that passes over everyone silentlyĀ Ā /Ā Ā a divine thingĀ ,Ā Ā a holy blessing gone unnoticedĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (Ā Ā the light in her mouth is a reckoningĀ ,Ā Ā the stars that burn her skin light the dismal halls around herĀ Ā )Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā but revolution demands painĀ ,Ā Ā and bloodĀ ,Ā Ā and sacrificeĀ ----Ā Ā and in the name of her father she will put a blade between her teethĀ Ā &Ā Ā name herself death if that is what it takesĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (Ā Ā you are so beautifulĀ ,Ā Ā and yet so untamedĀ .Ā Ā even koschei would be proudĀ Ā /Ā Ā even the baba yaga would be proudĀ Ā )
a mean light reflects in her eyesĀ ,Ā Ā stardust scattering as her head turnsĀ Ā /Ā Ā halo of blinding white around her faceĀ ----Ā Ā all sugarĀ ,Ā Ā curiosityĀ ,Ā Ā and rainĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āĀ Ā iĀ Ā haveĀ Ā toĀ Ā admitĀ ,Ā Ā iĀ Ā donātĀ Ā reallyĀ Ā knowĀ Ā whatĀ Ā iāmĀ Ā doingĀ Ā hereĀ .Ā Ā āĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā lips press together tightlyĀ ,Ā Ā letting the fabric fall idly from her delicate handsĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (Ā Ā i have never known hungerĀ ,Ā Ā or warĀ .Ā Ā i have not suffered the way you haveĀ Ā )Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āĀ Ā myĀ Ā jobĀ Ā endedĀ Ā asĀ Ā soonĀ Ā asĀ Ā theyĀ Ā wereĀ Ā outĀ Ā ofĀ Ā theĀ Ā arenaĀ ----Ā Ā whatĀ Ā useĀ Ā doesĀ Ā aĀ Ā revolutionĀ Ā haveĀ Ā forĀ Ā aĀ Ā makeupĀ Ā artistĀ ?Ā Ā Ā ā
